Administrator's Guide

Contents

Introduction

   Conventions used in this book
   System Requirements

Chapter 1 Deployment and Installation
   Deployment
     Number of users
     Logical divisions of users
     Grouping users to create nodes
     Product administration
   Pre-installation checklist
   Configuration of search parameters
     Calendar Server search parameters
     Netscape Directory Server search parameters
     Tuning for speed vs flexibility
   Installation

Chapter 2 Server Administration
   Calendar Server Manager
     Server Preferences
     Server Status
     Resource Management
     User Management
     Node Management
     Database Management
   Starting and stopping Calendar Server
   Calendar Server status
   Viewing current user activity
   Other administrative tasks

Chapter 3 Setting Up Nodes
   Creating a node
   Deleting a node

Chapter 4 Managing Users and Groups
   Creating Calendar users
     Creating Calendar users
   Adding users to a node
   Managing Calendar users
     Moving Calendar users
   Managing user defaults
     Parameters for user profile
   Assigning administration rights
   Managing groups

Chapter 5 Managing Resources
   Creating Calendar resources
     Creating a new resource
   Managing Calendar resources
   Managing resource defaults
     Parameters for resource profile
   Assigning designates

Chapter 6 Managing a Node Network
   Connecting nodes
     Syntax
     Connections and Rules
     Adding (including) a node to the network
     Deleting (excluding) a node from the network
     Increasing or decreasing the number of connections between nodes
   Moving a node
   Caveat: LDIF differences UNIX and NT

Chapter 7 Server Configuration
   Calendar daemons / services
     Calendar Lock Manager
     Calendar Engine
     Calendar Synchronous Network Connection
     Calendar Corporate-Wide Services
     Calendar Directory Access Server
   Calendar architecture
   Server configuration
     Configuration parameters
   Controlling client behavior
   Controlling client connections to server
   Controlling server behavior
   Controlling server interactions with directory server
   Additional parameters
     Optional [SNC] parameters
     [SNC] Section
     Multiple Configurations

Chapter 8 Node Maintenance
   Maintenance procedures
     Daily monitoring procedures
     Daily maintenance procedures
     Monthly maintenance procedures
     Other maintenance procedures
   Back up and Restore
   Shutdowns

Chapter 9 Monitoring Procedures
   Viewing log files
   Interpreting log files

Appendix A Disk Space and Memory
   Database disk space requirements
   Run-time requirements

Appendix B Sizing Guidelines
   Memory and Disk Requirements

Appendix C System Specific Parameters
   Kernel parameters and the Calendar Server
   Adjusting System Parameters
   Adjusting the HP-UX Kernel Parameters
   Adjusting the SunOS Kernel Parameters
   Adjusting the AIX Kernel Parameters
   Additional Reading

Appendix D Security Considerations

Appendix E Time Zone Table

Appendix F Calendar Schema
   Attribute definitions
   Calendar schema
   Default attribute mappings: Calendar to LDAP

Appendix G Utilities
   UNIADDNODE
   UNIADMRIGHTS
   UNIARCH
   UNIB2LENDIAN
   UNICHECK
   UNICKSUM
   UNICLEAN
   UNICLR_IPC
   UNICPINR
   UNICPINU
   UNICPOUTR
   UNICPOUTU
   UNIDB50TO60CONV
   UNIDBBACKUP
   UNIDBFIX
   UNIDBRESTORE
   UNIDSDIFF
   UNIDSSEARCH
   UNIDSSYNC
   UNIDSUP
   UNIGRPLS
   UNIL2BENDIAN
   UNILOGONS
   UNIMVUSER
   UNINODE
   UNIPASSWD
   UNIREQDUMP
   UNIRES
   UNIRMOLD
   UNIRNSYNCH
   UNISIZEOF
   UNISLICE
   UNISNAPSHOT
   UNISNCDUMP
   UNISTART
   UNISTAT
   UNISTATS
   UNISTATUS
   UNISTOP
   UNITZINFO
   UNIUSER
   UNIVERSION
   UNIWHATOS
   UNIWHO

Appendix H International Support
   UTF-8
     Configuration
   Character set identification
   Japanese server configuration

Appendix I unison.ini

Appendix J Administration Server 3.5
   Chapter 1: Administration server basics
   Using the administration server
   Chapter 3: Controlling access to your server
     User-Group authentication
     Host-IP authentication
     Access control files
   How does access control work?
   Restricting access
     Specifying users and groups
     Specifying host names and IP addresses
     Access to programs
     Writing customized expressions
     Turning access control on and off
     Responding when access is denied
     Using the Server Manager forms
   Before you install or configure your servers
     Setting up the SuiteSpot user and group
   Logging in to the administration server
     When distributed administration is off
     When distributed administration is on
   Stopping the administration server
   What to do next
   Chapter 5: User and group management
   The directory service
     Netscape Directory Server
     The local directory
   Directory service clients
     Gateways
     Command-line clients
   Authenticating users to directory services
   Distinguished names
     Distinguished name syntax
     Distinguished name usage
     Distinguished name examples
     Distinguished name attributes
     Using commas in distinguished names
   Planning your directory structure
     Disadvantages of organizational units
     Advantages of organizational units
     Recommendations for using organizational units
   Configuring directory services
     Using the local database
     Using a directory server
   Converting a database
     Converting individual databases
     Migrating a server configuration

Glossary

Index